Literal question
5. What is your current de facto marital state?
Ask in the indicated order and when you receive an affirmative response, mark the corresponding box and go to the next question.
[] 3 Married
[] 4 Free union
[] 5 Widowed
[] 6 Divorced
[] 7 Separated
[] 8 Single
Interviewer instructions
I -- General characteristics -- all persons
For question No. 5 "What is your de facto civil or marital state?" you should read the list of possible responses, one by one, and in the order in which they are presented in the Census document, waiting for an affirmative response.
When you get it, mark the corresponding box with an "X" and do not read the rest of the alternatives.